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Author Interviews
3:26 pm
Sun January 6, 2013

Re-Creating The 'Lost Carving' Of An English Genius

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Grinling Gibbons' carving at the St. James Church in London is what moved him to become a professional wood-carver.
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David Esterly has been a professional limewood carver since the 1970s.
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Originally published on Sun January 6, 2013 6:06 pm

On one spring day in the early 1970s, writer David Esterly paused to admire a stunning wooden carving inside a London church.

"On the panel behind the altar, I saw these extraordinary cascades of leaves and flowers and fruits, carved to a fineness and fluent realism, which seemed to me breathtaking," Esterly recalled in an interview with Jacki Lyden, host of weekends on All Things Considered.

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World
3:06 pm
Sun January 6, 2013

Australia's Mining Boom Creates Demand For Sex Workers

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Supporters of the Scarlet Alliance Australian Sex Workers Association demand better legal protections at a rally outside the New South Wales Parliament in September.
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Originally published on Sun January 6, 2013 6:07 pm

It's 9 p.m. on a Wednesday, and the night shift has started work at Langtrees, a popular brothel in the Western Australia city of Perth.

Like other women at Langtrees, "Ruby," 25, uses a working name out of concern for her safety. Ruby is from Spain, and tonight she expects to earn at least $1,500.

"I work in many countries — in Europe, in Dubai, I work in Brazil," Ruby says.

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Politics
4:10 pm
Sat January 5, 2013

Obama's On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Progressives

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President Obama pauses as he speaks about the fiscal cliff on Monday. Some progressives say the president was not aggressive enough with Republicans during budget talks and are hoping he is stronger in his second term.
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When Barack Obama first took office four years ago, many progressives were on cloud nine. Here was a president pledging to tackle some of the issues closest to the progressive base: climate change, gun control and what he called our "broken immigration system."

That was in 2008. Fast forward to now and these are just a few of the unresolved issues leaving progressives unsatisfied.

With Obama's second term around the corner, some progressives are wondering if President Obama will reboot and follow through with his earlier promises.

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Music News
4:10 pm
Sat January 5, 2013

Bikini Kill Rises Again, No Less Relevant

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Bikini Kill performs in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s.
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Originally published on Tue January 8, 2013 3:24 pm

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NPR Story
3:41 pm
Sat January 5, 2013

Week In News: The End Of The Fiscal Cliff, Sort Of

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Originally published on Sat January 5, 2013 4:10 pm

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

JACKI LYDEN, HOST:

It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden.

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: If Congress refuses to give the United States the ability to pay its bills on time, the consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic. The last time Congress threatened this course of action, our entire economy suffered for it.

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 All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations at 5:00pm on May 3, 1971.

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